| Owing 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Owe. 2. (P. p. & a.) Had or held under obligation of paying; due. 3. (P. p. & a.) Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations. Thesaurus Entries accountable, alleged, ascribable, assignable, attributable, attributed, back, charged, coming, coming to, credited, derivable from, derivational, derivative, due, explicable, imputable, imputed, in arrear, in arrears, mature, outstanding, overdue, owed, payable, putative, receivable, redeemable, referable, referred to, traceable, unpaid, unsettled |